Got the new penthouse up on a tower this weekend. (That's not me, that's the poor guy who happened to be at the lease same time I was. ) What are you guys in rocky soil doing to anchor them? I don't think I'd be too successful trying to spin a mobile home hanger down too far.

Lesson learned... NEVER lay your wood on the ground where there's prickly pear. I had freakin' pokies (those little small bastards) all over me that I guess we picked up from working with, rubbing on, etc the wood while finishing up the tower.

Use a hammer drill with concrete bit, size depends on anchor system. Use a piece of all thread 6-8" long, drill rock, clean out hole with brush, squirt epoxy in hole, push in all thread, leave about 3/4" sticking out, screw on eye bolt, attach cables to blind and eye bolt.I would use 5/8" or 3/4" all thread. If use 5/8" drill 3/4" hole, if use 3/4" drill 7/8" hole.

My property is rocky so the auger anchors that usually come with the anchor kits were useless. I took some 18" square cinder blocks, drilled a hole in the center, bolted in a threaded eye bolt and attached it to the anchor cable turnbuckle. I adjusted the turnbuckle so that the cinder block just rested on the ground. I then gathered large rocks and piled them around the cinder block. This is similar to the basket setup, just no basket. Works fine. My blinds are only on 5' towers so the smaller pile works well. Humping those rocks gives you a nice workout. Beer required after it was done.